Local eatery Carini’s Southern Italian Restaurant will host a visit from America’s Best Restaurants (ABR), a national media and marketing company, for an on-site visit as part of the ABR Roadshow.
America’s Best Restaurants travels the country spotlighting independent, locally-owned restaurants that make a positive impact on their communities. During the visit, the ABR Roadshow team will highlight Carini’s Southern Italian Restaurant on-camera, featuring an extensive interview with Owner Janice Carini about the restaurant’s special place in the community.
Carini’s Southern Italian Restaurant has a rich history that began when Peter Carini, the chef, started working at a local restaurant as a busboy at the age of 17. Recognizing his passion for cooking, the chef promoted him to a cook, where he learned to run a scratch kitchen focused on minimizing waste. After 13 years of climbing the ranks and gaining extensive culinary experience, Peter opened his own restaurant in 1996. After a thorough search, he found the perfect location in the Oakland building, a momentreminiscent of a child in a candy store. Inspired by his mother, many of the restaurant’s menu items reflect his Sicilian heritage, creating a dining experience filled with the charm of old-world Sicily…